Irvine Running Club aces stroll to seaside success at 10k events

Ryan Evans savoured his maiden race victory while Irvine's Troon 10k team were on top form

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Irvine Running Club are riding high on a wave of success following some top performances at two seaside 10ks this week.

First up was the Troon 10k on Wednesday which attracted a massive entry of almost 1200 runners – making it one of the biggest midweek races in the Scottish running calendar.

Conditions for the race were almost perfect with the late evening sunshine and light breeze along with the relatively flat course making it a good opportunity for fast times.

It proved to be just that for Stephen Daye, who had been targeting this race all year, as he followed up his win at the recent Ormidale 10k with another great run and new personal best of 33 minutes 43 seconds to take sixth place behind the winner Robert Gilroy of Cambuslang Harriers (31:47).

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Next across the line for the Marress club was Paul Lafferty in a good time of 35:33 to take 15th place, with club captain Mark Livingstone following with a solid run of 37:55.

John Miller was another to record a personal best with a fine time of 40:30 closely followed by Fergie Collier (40:31) with Jim Sneddon (41:18) just behind. Mike Flinn (46:21), Ross Laye (48:57), Karen Figgins (52:27), Susan Rhodes (55:34) and Bob Nicol (1:06:03) all had good runs to complete the Irvine line up.

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Further up the west coast, there was a maiden race victory for Irvine athlete Ryan Evans at the Largs 10k Fun Run on Sunday.

He ran a fine personal best of 35 minutes and 43 seconds to take first place. Colin Whitby continued his comeback from a broken metatarsal in his foot with a solid run of 38 minutes to take fourth place.

The race was organised by the Rotary Club of Largs with more than £600 raised for local charities.

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Completing the week’s events, the Eglinton Parkrun on Saturday morning saw a close race with Stephen Daye narrowly having to settle for second place after a nip and tuck battle with his time of 16 minutes and 51 seconds a good consolation and an excellent follow up to his fine run at Troon.

Paul Lafferty ran well to place fifth in a time of 18:01 with Alan Douglas (18:50) close behind. Jim Sneddon (20:26) was next runner home followed by Joe McNamee (22:17), Peter Taylor (22:25), Mike Flinn (22:56) and Jim White (24:10) with Liz Colquhoun (28:10) completing the Irvine participants.